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New York Times ^

Posted on 06/01/2006 1:08:49 PM PDT by Buck Ninety-Nine

WASHINGTON, May 31 — After vowing to steer a greater share of antiterrorism money to the highest-risk communities, Department of Homeland Security officials on Wednesday announced 2006 grants that slashed money for New York and Washington 40 percent, while other cities including Omaha and Louisville, Ky., got a surge of new dollars.

Homeland security officials said the grants were a result of a more sophisticated evaluation process

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To: Knitting A Conundrum
I don't think so... or maybe so. They were named at a time when both areas were mostly scattered weekend cabins.

Hm. "Brigadoon" premiered in 1947 -- that might be about right.

1,501 posted on 07/06/2006 9:07:35 AM PDT by sionnsar (†trad-anglican.faithweb.com† | Iran Azadi | SONY: 5yst3m 0wn3d, N0t Y0urs | NYT:Jihadi Journal)
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To: sionnsar

I wouldn't be surprised by that connection....


1,502 posted on 07/06/2006 9:08:31 AM PDT by Knitting A Conundrum (Act Justly, Love Mercy, and Walk Humbly With God Micah 6:8)
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To: Monkey Face
"You should look for a piccie of Mt. Timpanagos...now THAT's a mountain! I don't know how to post them, or I would do it myself...*looking embarrassed*"

GO HERE

1,503 posted on 07/06/2006 11:43:39 AM PDT by redhead (Alaska: Step out of the bus and into the food chain...)
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To: redhead

Ah. Thanks. Now I understand why you're the big sister...
(Mother always did like you better than she did me...)

*snot* *r*



PS: AWESOME photos!


1,504 posted on 07/06/2006 1:30:32 PM PDT by Monkey Face (The REAL sister of the REAL redhead. REALLY!)
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To: stephenjohnbanker

LOL!

Reminds me of the time I flew to Colorado Springs. There was mechanixal difficulty at Denver, so they broke open the champagne. By the time we took off, nobody cared!


1,505 posted on 07/06/2006 1:32:43 PM PDT by Monkey Face (The REAL sister of the REAL redhead. REALLY!)
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To: stand watie

Hey...wanna help me assemble and move some home furniture? Two sets of old bones should be better than one, right?

;o]


1,506 posted on 07/06/2006 1:36:39 PM PDT by Monkey Face (The REAL sister of the REAL redhead. REALLY!)
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To: Monkey Face

Now everyone knows why I'm called the thread killer...


1,507 posted on 07/06/2006 1:38:35 PM PDT by Monkey Face (The REAL sister of the REAL redhead. REALLY!)
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To: Tax-chick; Monkey Face; Knitting A Conundrum; tuliptree76; NicknamedBob
The two cirque lakes I visited yesterday:


1,508 posted on 07/06/2006 1:56:07 PM PDT by Irish_Thatcherite (A vote for Bertie Ahern is a vote for Gerry Adams!|The IRA are actually terrorists, any questions?)
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To: Monkey Face

I killed the thread....


1,509 posted on 07/06/2006 1:57:00 PM PDT by Irish_Thatcherite (A vote for Bertie Ahern is a vote for Gerry Adams!|The IRA are actually terrorists, any questions?)
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To: fanfan

I forgot to ping you to #1508.


1,510 posted on 07/06/2006 2:02:27 PM PDT by Irish_Thatcherite (A vote for Bertie Ahern is a vote for Gerry Adams!|The IRA are actually terrorists, any questions?)
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To: Irish_Thatcherite

Wow!

That's beautiful Irish.

You take nice pictures.


1,511 posted on 07/06/2006 2:14:17 PM PDT by fanfan (I wouldn't be so angry with them if they didn't want to kill me!)
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To: fanfan

Thank you!! Though, it's just a very good camera.

I remembered that Yahoo have a photo thingy, and I have a Yahoo account - so I used it!


1,512 posted on 07/06/2006 2:16:20 PM PDT by Irish_Thatcherite (A vote for Bertie Ahern is a vote for Gerry Adams!|The IRA are actually terrorists, any questions?)
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To: Irish_Thatcherite

It looks like the lake on the top was created by a meteor.


1,513 posted on 07/06/2006 2:17:46 PM PDT by fanfan (I wouldn't be so angry with them if they didn't want to kill me!)
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To: Monkey Face
i don't think you'd want to pay what i charge for my crew by the HOUR! (40.00 per man-hour x 6 people). i must have climbed that 2-story spiral staircase about 75 times carrying heavy boxes. there are exactly 37 steps in the staircase!

wasn't FUN!

free dixie HUGS,sw

1,514 posted on 07/06/2006 2:22:00 PM PDT by stand watie ( Resistance to tyrants is OBEDIENCE to God. -----T.Jefferson)
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To: Irish_Thatcherite

Pretty!


1,515 posted on 07/06/2006 2:22:03 PM PDT by Tax-chick ("Hyperbolic rodomontade of the most puerile type." ~ Aaron Elkins)
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To: fanfan

It could be... both those lakes are in the same corrie, the big lake seems to be used as a reservoir - you can see some man-made implement in the photo.


1,516 posted on 07/06/2006 2:22:54 PM PDT by Irish_Thatcherite (A vote for Bertie Ahern is a vote for Gerry Adams!|The IRA are actually terrorists, any questions?)
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To: Tax-chick

Thank you!! I have more photos today - Nephin and a viaduct in a town called Newport, I'll upload them shortly.


1,517 posted on 07/06/2006 2:24:31 PM PDT by Irish_Thatcherite (A vote for Bertie Ahern is a vote for Gerry Adams!|The IRA are actually terrorists, any questions?)
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To: Tax-chick
HI, TC!

free dixie ,sw

1,518 posted on 07/06/2006 2:26:44 PM PDT by stand watie ( Resistance to tyrants is OBEDIENCE to God. -----T.Jefferson)
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To: Irish_Thatcherite

I only got to see broken links....;{


1,519 posted on 07/06/2006 2:32:11 PM PDT by Knitting A Conundrum (Act Justly, Love Mercy, and Walk Humbly With God Micah 6:8)
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To: Irish_Thatcherite

1,520 posted on 07/06/2006 2:35:58 PM PDT by Dead Corpse (It is not the oath that makes us believe the man, but the man the oath.- Aeschylus)
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